diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile/HawkFile.cs b/src/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile/HawkFile.cs
index 05628e7792..ee2a6d3838 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile/HawkFile.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile/HawkFile.cs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		/// <summary>attempts to read all the content from the file</summary>
 		public byte[] ReadAllBytes()
 		{
-			using var stream = GetStream();
+			var stream = GetStream();
 			using var ms = new MemoryStream((int) stream.Length);
 			stream.CopyTo(ms);
 			return ms.GetBuffer();